Frank Ludolph wrote:
Shawn Walker wrote:
Frank Ludolph wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
Webrev is at:
http://cr.opensolaris.org/~richb/pkg-7911-v2/
Why the variation between the various GNU Emacs packages; it seems
these should all be Development/Editors?
Email discussion back on 4/2-3-4. While it can be argued that
functionally similar packages should all be placed in the same
category, doing so can lead to confusion because they are started and
used differently. For useability, GUI and terminal-based apps should
be separated into separate categories to prevent this confusion.
And if you recall, we strongly disagreed on that point. Packages
should not be categorised differently just because they are terminal
based or GUI-based in nature.
They should be categorised based on function, not presentation. To do
so otherwise is a path of madness.
Yes, I recall our disagreement. But let me point out that style-of-use
frequently causes items of the same type/function to be organized
separately in browsing types of layouts. For example in a music store
LPs, CDs, DVD-As, and SACDs that contained the same music were usually
displayed grouped by media type rather than music content. There are
counter examples of course, but organization by style of use is not
necessarily a path to madness.
To me, for software, it is. I agree that in other cases that may not
make sense.
However, following the "style of use" argument, which here is the "style
of use"? Its use as a Development/Editor, or its use via GUI/text
interface?
If a user is looking for a text editor, which are they more likely to
look under?
Development/GNU or Development/Editors?
--
Shawn Walker
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